William The Conqueror in 1066 had England surveyed to determine how much property there was in England and who owned it. This survey became known as Doomsday Book. This book lists Sir Simon de Whitacre of Warwickshire as the land proprietor in Warwickshire. Many believe that this Sir Simon in the ancestor of the Whitakers of Holme and other Whitaker lines.
The first Whitaker recorded was
I Thomas Whitaker recorded
1431 Lancashire, England
wife unknown
child
1 Robert
Whitaker recorded 1480 Lancashire,
England
II Robert Whitaker
wife unknown
child
1 Thomas
Whitaker b 1458 Lancashire, England
d 1529 Lancashire, England
III Thomas Whitaker
married Johanna --
children
1 John Whitaker
b Lancashire, England d 1527 Holme, England
2 Richard
Whitaker recoreded 1543 Lancashire,
England d Holme, England
IV Richard Whitaker
wife unknown
child
1 Thomas
Whitaker b Sept 22, 1504 Holme,
England d Aug. 1588 Holme, England
V Thomas Whitaker
married Elizabeth Nowell
Feb 3, 1547 England
1 Robert Whitaker
b England d Nov 1581
married Margaret Greenwood
2 Richard Witaker b
England d June 1597 England
3 William
Whitaker b Aug. 1547 Holme, England
d Dec. 4 1595 Holme, England
VI Dr. William Whitaker
married 1st
Miss Culverwell
2nd Joan Taylor Fenner
It is not deternman of which wife all the children are by except the first
and the last
Note: William optained his Master at Saint John's College Cambridge
University
children
1 Alexander Whitaker
b 1585 Holme, England d 1617 Virginia USA
Alexander was a Minister-In 1612 Pocahontas was taken prisoner.
Alexander Whitaker converted
her to Christ and was bapized by him. He performed the marrieage ceremony
of Pacahontas and
John Rolfe. Alexander never married
2 Susannah Whitaker
b 1587 Holme, England
3 Samuel Whitaker
b 1589 Holme, England
4 Marie Whitaker
b 1591 Holme, England
married Randolphe Clarke
5 William Whitaker
b 1592 Holme, England d 1638 Holme, England
6 Richard Whitaker
b Holme, England
7 Frances Whitaker
b Holme, England
8 Jabez
Whitaker b 1595 Holme, England
d 1626 Virginia USA
VII Captain Jabez Whitaker
married Mary
M. Bourchier
Note: Jabez Whitaker emigrated
to James Town Colony Virginia in 1620 with his brother
Alexander Whitaker
Child
1 William Whitaker
b 1618 Holm, England d 1662 Virginia USA
VIII William Whitaker
wife Unknown
Note:
William Whitaker was a member of the House of Burgesses in 1649 and
is refer to as
"Lieutenant Colonel" "Major" and "Colonel" in Virginia
Children
1 Richard
Whitaker I
b 1645 Virginia d 1697 Virginia
2 William Whitaker
II b Virginia
IX Richard Whitaker I
married Miss Pyland
Child
1 John
Whitaker b 1694 Virginia
d 1750 Virginia
X John Whitaker
married Martha Gough Virginia
Children
1 Richard
Whitaker II
b1720 Virginia d 1794 North Carolina
2 Gough Whitaker
b Virginia d 1772 North Carolina
married
Martha Cary in 1720
3 Robert Whitaker
b 1725 Virginia d 1765 North Carolina
married
Sarah Burton
4 John Whitaker
Jr. II b 1732 Virginia d 1784 North Carolina
married
Olive Taylor in 1755 Halifax, North Carolina
5 James Whitaker
b Virginia d 1782 South Carolina
married
Catherine Wiggins in 1740 They had 7 children
6 William Whitaker
b Virginia d 1789 South Carolina
married
Elizabeth Wiggins they had 12 children
7 Dudley Whitaker
b 1740 Virginia d 1791 North Carolina
married
Mary Pearce They had 5 children
8 Martha Whitaker
b Virginia
married
Thomas Cary
XI Richard Whitaker II
married Elizabeth
Cary 1740 Virginia
Children
1 John Whitaker
b 1747 North Carolina d 1816 North Carolina
John Whitaker served in Colonial Mititia, colonel in the
American Revolution
married
Christian Benton in 1770 They had 10 children
2 Elizabeth Whitaker
b North Carolina
married
Edward Morris in 1780 Halifax, North Carolina
Edward Morris was a Chapin
in the Revolutionary War under George Washington
3 Martha
Whitaker b 1750 North Carolina
d 1775 North Carolina
4 Temperance Whitaker
b North Carolina
married
Jethro Battle
5 Richard Whitaker
III b 1752 North Carolina d Tennessee
married
Sally Goodwyn
6 Nancy Anne Whitaker
b 1760 North Carolina
married
Rev. John Pope in 1780 They had 10 children
7 Cary Whitaker
b North Carolina
XII Martha Whitaker
married Cornelius
Carter
Child
1 Wilson
Whitaker Carter I b 1770-4
North Carolina d 1817 North Carolina
XIII Wilson Whitaker Carter I
married Mary or Polly J. --- abt 1796 North Carolina
Children
1 Burrows Carter
b 1797 North Carolina d 1876 Tennessee
2 Mary Ann Carter
b 1800 North Carolina d after 1889 Texas
3 Mary
(Martha) Wilson Carter b 1798
North Carolina d 1835 Tennessee
4 Wilson W. Carter
b 1811 North Carolina d 1845 Tennessee
XIV Mary (Martha) Wilson Carter
married John
C. Mitchell 1820 North Carolina
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